Cheat Sheet - Kanye Debuts Baby North West

Today: Fort Hood Shooter Guilty , Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer Is Finally Out After a 13-Year Reign , Polio Outbreaks in Africa and Pakistan August 23, 2013 BABY PICTURES 1. Kanye West Unveils Baby North on Kris Jenner's Talk Show Kanye West discussed his love for Kim Kardashian and showed the first photo of North West on Kris Jenner's talk show. Kevin Fallon on why the eye-roll-inducing hour was desperately brilliant. Read it at The Daily Beast DELIBERATIONS 2. Fort Hood Shooter Guilty Nidal Malik Hasan was found guilty on Friday of killing 13 people and wounding 30 others in a shooting rampage at the Fort Hood (Texas) military base in 2009. Hasan, a U.S. Army psychologist who chose to represent himself in the trial, has admitted from the beginning to carrying out the shooting against his fellow soldiers as a jihad in the name of Muslim insurgents killed by the U.S., so the guilty verdict is not a surprise. Whether or not the jury, composed of 13 military officers of high rank, will unanimously agree to sentence him to death is the real question. If they do, he would be one of only five prisoners on the military's death row. If the jurors cannot all agree, Hasan could go to prison for life. Additional testimony from survivors of the shooting will start off the sentencing phase of the court-martial. Read it at ABC News HE'S OUT 3. Ballmer's Long Fall In an era of short-lived CEOs, Steve Ballmer managed a surprising 13 years, though investors had long since soured on him. And with Microsoft's stock surge Friday, he's getting a heck of a golden parachute, says Daniel Gross. Read it at The Daily Beast HEALTH CRISIS 4. Polio Outbreaks in Africa and Pakistan Parts of Africa and Pakistan are experiencing an outbreak of a disease that, elsewhere on the globe, has long been extinct. While there were only 223 cases of polio in the entire world last year, there are currently 121 in Somalia and the Horn of Africa, home to thousands of Somali refugees. Meanwhile, in North Waziristan, three children have contracted polio since local warlord Hafiz Gul Bahadur banned vaccinations in the region 14 months ago in protest of American drone strikes. Though the severity of the Pakistani outbreak has not reached the level of Africa's, any manifestation of polio paralysis has the potential to spread. In anticipation of next month's hajj, Saudi Arabia is now requiring that all visitors be vaccinated both at home and on arrival at Mecca. The recent outbreaks may prove a setback to the World Health Organization's $5.5 billion plan to rid the world of polio completely by 2018.  Read it at The New York Times FAIR TRADE 5. Should Women Be Charged More For Health Care? With Obamacare, men and women will be charged the same amount for health-insurance premiums. But Hadley Heath, an Independent Women's Forum analyst writing for Time magazine, argues that this shouldn't be the case. Since women need maternity care, tend to live longer than men, visit doctors more often, and have smaller bodies that are "more prone to wear and tear," she says that women should pay more for health insurance. Heath argues that gender-based pricing and non-catastrophic costs for outside insurance plan payments are necessary to ensure fairness. Read it at Time UPDATE Naked Breastfeeding Yoga Mom's Instagram Suspended Because of nude photos. CONFLICT OF INTEREST ESPN Bows to Pressure From NFL Backs out of project on head injuries. SYRIA Child Refugees Top 1 Million According to the U.N. SENSELESS Teens Beat WWII Vet to Death In Spokane, Washington OWN DRUGS Rapper 2 Chainz Arrested After nine-hour standoff. CNBC Least Tax-Friendly States for Retirees Wonderwall This Week's Worst Celebrity Fashion Offenders Rolling Stone 24 Wildest Moments in VMA History GET The Cheat Sheet A speedy, smart summary of news and must-reads from across the Web. You'll love the featured original stories on politics, entertainment, and more from The Daily Beast's diverse group of contributors. GET Culture Beast Weekly cultural recommendations from The Daily Beast. Everyone Loves Ron Paul When America's favorite libertarian hosted an AMA on Reddit Thursday, so many people logged onto the site it crashed. Check out some other, more well-known, names who feel the same way. More Videos PTSD Deserves a Purple Heart by Benjamin Tupper Colin Powell: What Voter Fraud? by Jamelle Bouie Emilia Clarke's Favorite 'Game of Thrones' Moments by Emilia Clarke

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